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ahdoman
I have a set of Koni reds (early 911 front suspension) that needs to be touched up. Anybody ever found a rattle can paint that matches or comes close?
Joe Ricard
I have never found any color to match the road grime stained color of a rear shock.
Have you called Gordon Benson at Koni NA?
Richard Casto
My own research into this has found these...

http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/anything-a...ange-paint.html

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=217075

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=313210

Apparently the word from Koni is that they use the following paints...

Red High Visibility Safety - 140-0548 sherwin-williams
Orange - t-31 plasti-kote

I am working on powdercoating my OEM Koni front struts using a "Safety Red" from Caswell. We will see if the color ends up semi-correct when I am done.
914Sixer
Tractor Supply Co.

Allis-Chalmers Red
jim_hoyland
From Ratwell's web page:

Koni Red:
Many people have asked me what color red was used to paint their shocks. This is because they want to repaint a chip or make a set of NOS shocks looks new again. While the NOS shocks with the winged logo were slightly orange, the new red Koni uses is NCS 1580-Y80.

NCS - Natural Color System (the standard)
S1580Y - paint code
SHINE 80 - gloss level

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